Terborg is a small city in the
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province of
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
, in the Achterhoek region in the east of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of
Oude IJsselstreek. The city lies about 7 km southeast of
Doetinchem
Doetinchem (; Low Saxon: ) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek. The municipality had a population of in ...
. The population is about 4600 inhabitants.
Terborg is situated on the river the
Oude IJssel
The Oude IJssel (Dutch, , literally ''old IJssel'') or Issel ( German, ) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands approximately long. It is a right tributary of the river IJssel. ''Oude IJssel'' is Dutch for "Old IJssel"; the Oude IJssel was th ...
. In the centre of the little city lies Castle Wisch, founded in the 13th century (hence the name "Terborg" which means "by the castle"). In the southeast of the city, near
Silvolde lies a small nature reserve called the Paasberg ("Easter Mountain"). Terborg has a
train station
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on the train route
Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...
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Winterswijk
Winterswijk (; also known as ''Winterswiek'' or ''Wenters'') is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It has a population of and is situated in the Achterhoek, which lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland in th ...
, and trains call here twice every hour.
Terborg received city rights in 1419. The patron saint of the city is
Saint George
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldie ...
. Its
coat of arms
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still is Saint George on a horse, killing a
dragon.
Until 1813, Terborg was part of the
fiefdom
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Wisch, together with the villages Silvolde en
Varsseveld
Varsseveld is a town in the Netherlands, located in the Dutch municipality of Oude IJsselstreek.
History Middle Ages
At the start of the twelfth century, Varsseveld was part of the County of Lohn, a county within the Holy Roman Empire with its s ...
. Terborg was a separate municipality until 1818 when it was merged with Varsseveld into municipality
Wisch (equal to the ancient fiefdom). In 2005 it formed municipality Oude IJsselstreek with municipality
Gendringen.
In 1945, the town's ''Chasdei Enosh'' synagogue was blown up and destroyed by Nazis. An exact replica of the historic building opened on 7 June 2018 in
Mevo Horon
Mevo Horon ( he, מְבוֹא חוֹרוֹן, ''lit.'' Horon Gateway) is an Israeli settlement and religious moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located near Latrun and Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In ...
Israel, inaugurated by Israeli descendants of Dutch Jews. The old synagogue, on the Silvoldeseweg, was built in 1901.
Gallery
File:2008-04-30 Terborg Hoofdstraat.JPG, Main street
Image:Wapen Terborg.jpg, Terborg's coat of arms
File:Exterieur aanzicht, uit collectie Heer van Leersum - Terborg - 20207418 - RCE.jpg, Synagogue Teborg, 1957
File:7061 Terborg, Netherlands - panoramio (7).jpg, Church of Terborg
References
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Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Oude IJsselstreek